Pius X Catechism – The Fourth Precept of the Church

Location: On the Commandments of God and of the Church > The Precepts of the Church > The Fourth Precept of the Church

Q1: How are we to observe the Fourth Precept: To contribute to due support of the Church?

A1: The Fourth Precept is satisfied by paying the dues or making the offerings which have been established in recognition of God’s supreme dominion over all things and as a means of providing for the becoming support of His ministers.

Q2: How are these dues and offerings to be paid?

A2: They are to be paid in the way and manner customary in the place in which we live.